Network Access Control Lists vs Security Groups

What are NACLs and Security Groups?

What are the differences?

How do they work?

This post hopes to explain the different mechanisms used so you have a better understanding of how to use them.

Both are used to protect networks and resources, but there is often confusion about the difference between Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) and Security Groups, and when each should be used.

This post, aims to demystify the two concepts.

The differences that we will cover are: …

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